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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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gran naiskel
noun
a grand father
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naiskel
,
naiscowl
,
nais-gadgie
etymology:
gran
= ‘grand’ +
naiskel
‘a father’; attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies and
BS in TDITA
; also collected by
EMcC/PS